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New Risk to Clayoquot

January 30th, 2012 by Alison Wheatley in General
More than 130 scientists across North America have just signed a declaration calling for permanent protection of Clayoquot Sound’s remaining intact old-growth rainforests. But that might not be enough to protect the area. The B.C. government has received an application for logging in the old growth rainforest of Flor...


November 1st, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Taseko’s revised proposal for a Fish Lake gold and copper mine would be even more of “an environmental disaster” than the company’s original pr...


July 8th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
Several NGO’s, including Greenpeace and Sierra Club, have a website about the Alberta tar sands that features a map of the tar sands that can be placed ...


August 9th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Climate Change
A recent report demonstrates how a revised global energy “revolution” could create 3.2 million jobs, with 8.5 million in the renewable energy sector al...


August 5th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Caitlin Hill in Endangered Species
British Columbia is the most biologically diverse province in Canada, with two dozen unique mammal species in an array of habitats, according to the Si...